Lighting-fixture apparatus.



N. D. BISHOP.

IGHTING FIXTURE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED FE'B.14. 1911.

1,138.83fi. Patent ed May 11, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS 60.. FHOTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON. D. c.

LIGHTING-FIXTURE APPARATUS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1915.

Application filed February 14, 1911. Serial No. 608,643.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NORMAN D. BISHOP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lighting-Fixture Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to electric lighting fixture apparatus adapted to take the place of and made to imitate wax candles, and some of the objects of the invention are to provide an apparatus of this general character which will be simple and cheap in construction and efficient for the purpose intended.

It is also an object of this invention to provide an apparatus constructed to permit of the parts being readily assembled and demounted.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved construction for the apparatus whereby a shade holder may be used in conjunction with the candle portion.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved construction for the apparatus whereby it is adapted for use with standard size lamp sockets and electric lamps.

With these and other objects in view which will be apparent to those skilled in the art, the invention consists, essentially, in the novel and improved construction, combination and arrangement of parts in the apparatus, as will be apparent inthe description and claim hereinafter, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and in which drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the construction of a portion of the apparatus. Figs. 2, 3, 1, and 5 are views illustrating modified forms of the construction shown in Fig. 1, while Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the construction shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 illustrates the application of the invention as used with an electric light wall bracket, complete with electric lamp and shade.

Referring to the drawings, and particularly to the construction illustrated in Fig. 1 thereof, reference character 1 denotes a hollow cylindrical shell adapted to be fitted over an electric lamp socket (not shown) and formed to provide a base or cup portion 3 preferably finished in brass or some other metal coloring, and a candle portion 2 preferably finished in white or other color of paint or enamel. As shown, the portion 3 may terminate in a bead 5 to simulate the end portion of the candle holder. Wires or rods 6 may be fastened at the upper end of the candle portion 2 and be formed to support a shade 16 (Fig. 7). In the lower end portion of the shell 1 a longitudinal slot 4 may be provided to allow the socket key 12 to project through the shell as shown in Fig. 7

Fig. 2 illustrates a modification of the construction shown in Fig. 1; the cup portion 3 and the bead 5 being dispensed with in this case and the shell as a whole being formed and finished in simulation of a candle.

Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate a shade support wherein the wires 6 are mounted in a ring 10 and project into the interior of the ring to permit of the ends 7 being inserted in bayonet slots 13 at the upper end of the candle portion 2 to thereby afiiX the shade support removably in position on said candle portion.

Fig. 5 illustrates the use of a band to which'the wires 6 are attached, the band being made with turned over portions 8 and 9 to permit of its being fitted over the upper end of the cylindrical shell 1 as shown in section in Fig. 6.

In Fig. 7 the apparatus is shown used in connection with a wall bracket 11 having thereon a dish-form part 14 carrying an electric lamp socket (not seen). In this case the shell 1 may be placed over the lamp socket to have the key 12 projecting through the slot 1 in the shell, whereupon the electric lamp 15 may be placed in position in the socket and the shade 16 may then be placed on the support affixed at the upper end of the shell. It will be seen that the dish-form part 14 together with the cup portion 3 and the head 5 will have the appearance of a candle holder and the portion 2 will have the appearance of a candle in the holder.

I claim:

As a new article of manufacture, a shade supporting attachment for electric light sockets, including a hollow cylindrical shell adapted to be fitted over an electric light socket, one end of the shell being provided With a longitudinal slot adapted to receive the before mentioned bayonet slots of the the key of the socket, While the opposite end shell to lock the ring in position upon the 10 of the shell is formed With bayonet slots, a shell.

ring fitted removably upon the said opposite Los Angeles Cal, October 27, 1910.

end of the shell, rods projecting radially NORMAN D. BISHOP.

from the said ring for supporting a shade, Witnesses:

the inner ends of the rods projecting in- GEOFFREY HOLT,

Wardly from the ring for engagement with EDWARD T. HARDEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

